In a New York Times article detailing Trump’s search for a vice-presidential running mate, this stunning interaction was illustrated:

[A]ccording to the Kasich adviser (who spoke only under the condition that he not be named), Donald Jr. wanted to make him an offer nonetheless: Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history?

When Kasich’s adviser asked how this would be the case, Donald Jr. explained that his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.

Then what, the adviser asked, would Trump be in charge of?

“Making America great again” was the casual reply.

Doesn’t want foreign policy. Doesn’t want domestic policy. In other words, Donald Trump doesn’t want to do any of the actual work of being president. He’s going to leave that to Mike Pence.

Which begs tons of questions, the two most pertinent being: is Trump going to actually pursue any of the policies he’s pushing right now and what would a Pence presidency look like?

All said, what Donald Trump wants to be is George W. Bush, and he wants Mike Pence to be Dick Cheney. And all we’re hearing about this election is that we have a choice between the lesser of two evils, much like in 2000.

So, will we fall for this same act again? Will we really pass on Hillary Clinton, like we passed on Al Gore, to allow a puppet president in the White House to be manipulated by a conservative extremist behind closed doors? We are just a few months away from finding that out.